Director of Operations (M/F)

About the company

Our recruitment consultant, Salomé SIMON, is searching on behalf of her client, an industry recognized for its technical expertise, for their future Director of Operations (M/F).

Your tasks

Reporting to the Group Director, you will join the CODIR and take responsibility for all operational activities of the industrial site. As a key player in the industrial strategy, you will drive the overall performance of the site, support its transformation, and unite teams around ambitious objectives of productivity, quality, and profitability.

Thus, your main missions will be as follows:

• Define and deploy the industrial strategy in coherence with the Group's orientations.
• Supervise all operational functions: Production, R&D/Engineering, Methods/Industrialization, Maintenance, Quality, Purchasing, Logistics, and Supply Chain.
• Manage budgets, investments (CAPEX), and performance indicators (KPI), following a logic of cost control and profitability.
• Guarantee the achievement of objectives regarding safety, quality, costs, deadlines, and economic performance.
• Identify and deploy levers for improving productivity and industrial competitiveness.
• Lead industrial transformation projects, process optimization, and organizational evolution.
• Develop a culture of operational excellence through Lean Management, Kaizen, and continuous improvement approaches.
• Unite, support, and develop the skills of the various department managers, by establishing demanding and collaborative proximity management.
• Strengthen synergies with the various Group entities internationally and ensure regular reporting to General Management.

Requirements

With an engineering background, ideally with a focus on mechanical, electrical, or electronic engineering, you have at least 10 years of experience in industrial operational management. You master the management of multi-service activities, economic and financial issues (P&L, CAPEX, budgets), as well as Lean and continuous improvement approaches. You have also led significant projects in industrial transformation or performance optimization.

A field leader, pragmatic and results-oriented, you know how to unite your teams, support change, and make strategic decisions. Fluent English is indispensable.

How to apply

If this opportunity matches your aspirations, please submit your application via this advertisement or directly on LinkedIn to Salomé SIMON, recruitment consultant specializing in Industry professions.